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IRVIN H. GARRETT, oE MODADE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR To JOHN w. wATsoN a 00., 0E MCDADE, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '72 6,421, dated April 28, 1903. Application filed May 6, 1902; 'Serial No. 106,197. (No model.)

To all 1071,0712, it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVIN H. GARRETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mo- Dade, in the county of Bastrop and State of Texas,have invented anew and useful Stump- Puller, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stump-pullers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of stump -pullers and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one of great strength and durability having a drum or Windlass adapted to be rotated for winding up a rope or cable for extracting a stump and capable of being readily operated and of being arranged for enabling the drum or Windlass to be rotated independently of the operating mechanism, so that the rope or cable may be readily unwound to arrange it for extracting another stump. V

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stump-puller constructed in accordance with this invention, the parts being in position for winding up a rope or cable. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures of the draw ings.

l designates a frame having a base-plate 2 and provided with a book 3, adapted to receive a chain 4 or other suitable means for anchoring the stump-puller while a stump is being extracted. The base-plate is provided with a central vertical shaft or spindle 5, formed integral with the base-plate and receiving a drum 6, which is adapted to be rotated for winding up a rope or cable 7, and the latter is designed to be provided with suitable means for connecting it to the stump to be removed. The top of the drum is provided with a central recess 8, in which is arranged a plate or disk 9, secured by screws 10 or other suitable fastening devices to the top of the spindle and extending horizontally from the same and engaging the drum, whereby the latter is held on the spindle.

The drum is provided at its lower end with a ratchet 11, consisting of an annular series of ratchet-teeth, which may be formed integral with the drum or be constructed in any other suitable manner, and the said ratchetteeth are engaged by a gravity-pawl 12, pivoted by a screw 13 or other suitable fastening device at one side of the frame and opcrating in a slot 1 L thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The pawl is pivoted between its ends, and it is adapted to be readily swung out of engagement with the ratchet-teeth of the drum when it is desired to unwind the rope or cable after the operation of extracting a stump has been completed.

The drum is rotated by means of a sweeplever 15, detachably interlocked with lugs 16 of the top of the drum and adapted to be operated by a draft-animal or other means. The lugs have shoulders at their opposed faces and are beveled outwardly, and the lever, which is arranged between them, is provided with a perforation 17 ,registering with a socket 18 of the shaft or spindle and adapted to receive a vertical rod or pin 19. The rod or pin 19, which passes through a perforation of the disk or plate 9, is removably seated in the recess and is provided at its upper end with an eye 20, through which passes an operating-lever 21. The operating-lever,which extends longitudinally of the sweep-lever and which may consist of a metallic rod or any other desired material, is hinged at one end to the sweep-lever and its other end detachably engages a catch 22, consisting, preferably, of a hook. The inner end of the operating-lever is provided with an eye, which is linked into an eye 24 of the sweep-lever. The eye 23 may be formed by bending the operating-lever upon itself, as shown, and the other eye, 24, may consist of a staple, as indicated in Fig. 1. The drum is rotated for winding up the rope or cable, and after the operation of extracting the stump has been completed and it is desired to unreel the rope or cable the outer end of the operating-lever is engaged with the catch 22, whereby the sweep-lever is held elevated out of engagement with the lugs. The pawl is then swung out of engagement with the ratchet of the drum, and the latter may then be rotated freely without carrying with it the sweeplever.

The lower hub portion of the drum is extended beyond the ratchet-wheel to support the ratchet-teeth in an elevated position out of engagement with the base-plate.

It will be seen that the stump-puller is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it is adapted to be readily operated for extracting a stump and may be quickly arranged to permit the rope or cable to be unwound from the drum.

What I claim is- The combination of a frame having a vertical spindle or shaft provided with a socket, a drum arranged on the shaft or spindle, a rod or support detachably fitted in the said socket, a sweep-lever interlocked with the drum, a lever fulcrumed on the pin or support and hinged at one end to the sweep-lever, and a catch mounted on the sweep-lever and adapted to receive the other end of the lever, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing asmy own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

IRVIN H. GARRETT. Witnesses:

J. A. BACHMAN, W. GAETH. 

